Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $39,443 from the State of Ohio, Crime Victim Assistance Office, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will fund a portion of the salaries and fringe benefits of two (2) victim assistant staff for the continuation of a program to assist probation officers primarily in the domestic violence unit. The staff act as liaisons to the City Prosecutor and work with the victims of crime when a perpetrator has been placed on probation. In addition, this ordinance authorizes a transfer of $69,000 from the Court's special revenue fund, probation fees as a grant match to fund the balance of the salaries and fringe benefits not funded by the State of Ohio.
FISCAL IMPACT
No general fund resources are needed as the grant match is available from the Court's special revenue fund, probation fees.
Emergency legislation is requested to expedite funding for the new grant cycle as close to its commencement on October 1, 2008 as possible.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office; to appropriate $39,443 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; to transfer $69,000 from the Municipal Court special revenue fund, probation fees to the general government grant fund; and to declare an emergency. ($108,443.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to provide victim services in the Franklin County Municipal Court, Department of Probation Services; and
WHEREAS, a grant from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office in the...
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